The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 16, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Gold-Diggers Sound | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| - | 2 | 2 | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Transgressive | R&B |
| ▲ | 3 | 23 | One on One | Paul Carrack | Self-Release | Disco |
| ▲ | 4 | 17 | Where Do We Go from Here | Dumpstaphunk | Mascot | Funk |
| - | 5 | 5 | Back of My Mind | H.E.R. | RCA | Neo-Soul |
| - | 6 | 6 | Jam & Lewis, Vol. 1 | Jam & Lewis | Flyte Tyme | Soul |
| - | 7 | 7 | See Me | Leela James | BMG | Soul |
| ▼ | 8 | 3 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| ▼ | 9 | 4 | Have a Seat | Maggie Rose | Starstruck | R&B |
| ▲ | 10 | 19 | Promised Land | The Allergies | Jalapeno | Soul |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | On Earth, and in Heaven | Robin Thicke | Lucky Music / EMPIRE | Soul |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | When It's All Said and Done... Take Time | Giveon | Epic | Soul |
| ▼ | 13 | 10 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol | Soul |
| ▲ | 14 | - | Working Man Blues | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | Sunset Blvd | R&B |
| ▼ | 15 | 11 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | Blood on the Vinyl | Guordan Banks | Bank On It | Soul |
| ▲ | 17 | 22 | Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition | WizKid | Starboy | Soul |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Wide Nose Full Lips | SuCh | Arc Sai | Soul |
| ▼ | 19 | 14 | Moments in Between | Ruth B. | Downtown | Soul |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | Nicollette | Nicollette Sullivan | For Artists | R&B |
| ▼ | 21 | 13 | Welcome 2 America | Prince | NPG | Soul |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | TEMPORARY HIGHS in the VIOLET SKIES | Snoh Aalegra | Artium | Soul |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Freedom is Love | The Freedom Affair | Sunflower Soul | Soul |
| - | 24 | 24 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back | Soul |
| ▲ | 25 | - | Jeb Loy (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink) | Jeb Loy Nichols | Timmion | R&B |
| - | 26 | 26 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown | Soul |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Spell My Name | Toni Braxton | Island | Soul |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Private Space | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans | Soul |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Death or Devotion | The Motet | The Motet | Funk |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | It is What It is | Thundercat | Brainfeeder | Soul |
| ▼ | 31 | 30 | The Hang | Redtenbacher's Funkestra | RSB | Funk |
| ▼ | 32 | 31 | Hard Up | The Bamboos | Pacific Theatre | Soul |
| - | 33 | 33 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Nqaba Yam | Zahara | Warner | R&B |
| ▲ | 35 | - | My People | Cha Wa | Single Lock | Soul |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | The Power of the One | Bootsy Collins | Sweetwater Sounds | Funk |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch | Soul |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Live at Sun Studio | The Movers & Shakers | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▼ | 39 | 38 | Rise Above | Tomar and the Fcs | Splice | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Play Nice | Cass Clayton | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▼ | 41 | 40 | Love & Conflict | Martha Wash | Purple Rose | Funk |
| ▲ | 42 | - | Step Up | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
| ▼ | 43 | 42 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 44 | - | DEACON | serpentwithfeet | Secretly Canadian | R&B |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Baby, I'm Hollywood! | Judith Hill | Regime Music Group | R&B |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | The Lightness of Love | Alvin Garrett | Hill Entertainment | R&B |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | In My Right Mind | Cyrus DeShield | Paynesville | R&B |
| ▼ | 48 | 47 | Dur& | Durand Bernarr | DSING | Neo-Soul |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | RCA | Neo-Soul |
| ▼ | 50 | 49 | Excuse My Baggage | Miranda Rae | DNAAO | Neo-Soul |
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